There is no special advantage for Assange
12 April 2019, 21:43 BDT
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has not received "special privileges" from her birthland Australia, said Prime Minister Scott Morrison. He commented on Assange about Friday after a dramatic arrest in London on Thursday.
47-year-old Julian Assange left Sweden to avoid sexual harassment He was in political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years. Police entered into the embassy yesterday to arrest Assange and wait in the waiting van. He was convicted in a British court on Thursday for breaching the terms of the bail granted in 2012.
In 2010, former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning had actually assisted Assange to leak video and diplomatic cables, authorities will look into it. The hearing will be held on May 2.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, when the official election campaign was about 24 hours left, and Assange would get the same benefits as ten ordinary Australian citizens. In an interview to the National Press ABS on the arrest of him, Morrison said, "It is a matter of the United States, we have nothing to do here. Assange's action will be taken in a judicial system and I will have full support for that approach. '
Morrison's main rival Bill Sharton is also maintaining a safe distance from the case. Bills are on the list of favorites for Australia's upcoming 18-May election as the potential prime minister of Australia. Responding to a question from journalists, he said, "Julian Assange has to go through the legal system, He may be given assistance like other Australian citizens. I do not want to say anything about the case pending in court. '
In 2010, WikiLeaks had released 25 million US diplomatic documents and five million military secret documents leaked. A few days later, in Sweden, cases were filed against Assange for rape. The UK government wanted him to be handed over to Sweden for trial in the case. Then on 6 February last year, a UK court decided to cancel Assange's arrest warrant. It is said in a statement from the judicial department that he could be sentenced to five years imprisonment.
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